China to return seized U.S. drone, says Washington ‘hyping up’ incident
BEIJING/WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – China will return an underwater U.S. drone seized by a naval vessel this week in the South China Sea, both countries said on Saturday, but Beijing complained that Washington had been “hyping up” the incident.
Ten policemen in Egypt charged with torturing man to death
CAIRO (Reuters) – Ten policemen in Egypt have been charged with torturing a man to death at a police station in Cairo in November, a judicial source and the victim’s lawyer said on Sunday.
Israeli settlers agree to government deal to leave illegal outpost
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Settlers due to be evicted from an outpost in the occupied West Bank under an Israeli court order accepted a government-proposed deal on Sunday to head off a forced evacuation and confrontation with troops.
Venezuela postpones currency move after chaos, protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro suspended on Saturday the elimination of the country’s largest denomination bill, which had sparked cash shortages and nationwide unrest, saying the measure would be postponed until early January….
Suicide bombing kills soldiers in Yemen, claimed by Islamic State
ADEN (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 49 soldiers gathered to receive their monthly pay in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Sunday, officials said, as Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
Egyptian court suspends author’s jail sentence over sexually explicit book: lawyer
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s highest court on Sunday ordered the freeing of an author who was jailed for public indecency when extracts from his sexually explicit novel were published in a literary newspaper, his lawyer said.
Former Israeli president set for early release after years in jail for rape
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Disgraced former Israeli president Moshe Katsav, who has been serving a seven-year prison sentence for rape, was on Sunday set for early release after five years behind bars, a parole board order said.
Brexiteer Farage says he wants to be a bridge between UK and Trump
LONDON (Reuters) – Leading Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Sunday he wanted to be a bridge between the British government and the new U.S. administration.
German courts should go after fake news on Facebook now: minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – German judges and state prosecutors need to crack down straight away on fake news disseminated through social media platforms such as Facebook, Germany’s Justice Minister Heiko Maas said in an interview published on Sunday.
Any transitional deal with EU should not diminish Brexit vote: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain may need a transitional agreement to smooth its exit from the European Union but it should not “buy back” into too many of the bloc’s regulations, Britain’s trade minister Liam Fox said on Sunday.
